Loading chat...
IN SB0241
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Aaron Freeman
Click for details
AI Summary
- Eligible choice scholarship students who transfer mid-year to another eligible school may use the remaining balance of their scholarship to pay tuition at the new school for the rest of the school year
- Students are limited to one mid-year transfer using remaining scholarship funds; those who have already transferred between eligible schools that year cannot use this provision again
- Scholarship funds transferred cannot exceed the tuition cost at the new school
- Scholarships are prorated for students who enroll in an eligible school for less than a full school year
- Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
School choice scholarships. Provides that, if an eligible choice scholarship student leaves an eligible school during the school year and transfers during the same school year to a different eligible school that has a choice scholarship available for that eligible school, the student may use the amount remaining of the choice scholarship awarded to the student for that school year to pay the tuition at the eligible school to which the student has transferred for the remainder of the school year. Provides that the student may not use the remaining amount if the student has previously transferred from one eligible school to another during that same school year. Provides that any remaining amount distributed may not exceed the cost of tuition at the eligible school to which the student transfers.
Last Action
Senator Raatz added as second author
1/24/2019